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Gibbs: You need something Bishop.Bishop: Nope. I'm good.Gibbs: Wasn't a question.Bishop: Deep undercover work, like Tony did years ago. Hypothetically, would you ever put me in that position?Gibbs: That's tough to answer.Bishop: I'm only saying....I know the big picture. Eventually, everyone's time comes. And I understand and accept that. Gibbs: Forget the big picture. Look at everything close up. Bishop: Do you think that working undercover for so long affected your marriage?Gibbs: Go home to Jake, Bishop.

Tony: We can handle it.Gibbs: What?Tony: Bishop and I can handle the interviews. It might be better.Gibbs: Better? What's better, DiNozzo? What are you trying to say? Spit it out.Tony: Well your bedside manner might be....you might be too close to this.Ducky: He's saying take a breath, Jethro! It's good advice for all of us.

Gibbs: He's going through a tough time.Emily: Don't soft-pedal me Uncle Gibbs. He looks nuts with that bald head.Gibbs: It was an undercover operation.Emily: You don't believe that. Last week he shaved it twice in one day. Says it helps him feel clean. Since mom died he's been angry, bitter, self-destructive. Oh, and drunk. He's drinking way too much. You know what he's experiencing. I've tried to help but he doesn't listen to me and I've got my own grief to work through.Gibbs: How's that going?Emily: Some good days, some awful. All compounded by being a teenager who can't be expected to maintain a teenage social calendar if I'm too busy worrying about my father hurting himself or anyone else. Gibbs: Okay I'll talk to him.Emily: No. Help him. Please.Gibbs: I will.

Fornell: You said we were going after Sergei.Gibbs: No, no. You said that. I said let's go.Fornell: Which would imply agreement. What the hell are we doing out here? Wait a minute. An intervention? Is that what this is?Gibbs: Do you think you need one?Fornell: No! I mean last night was bad yes, but not bad enough to make any kind of New Age come-to-Jesus even remotely necessary.Gibbs: Good. That's not what this is. No more slow-motion suicide Tobias. You want to kill yourself, fine with me. Go ahead. I'll even come with you.

Fornell: I'm done.Gibbs: You're done -- with what? Embarrassing yourself? Or you mean embarrassing the badge. You've done a good job with both. [Fornell punches Gibbs]Gibbs: That all you got, Alice? [Fornell swings again and Gibbs shoves him through the door]

Gibbs: Do you feel better?Fornell: We should be in D.C. looking for Sergei.Gibbs: Not in this condition. Forget about Sergei. What's really bothering you?Fornell: Don't Freud me Gibbs. You're not qualified. Gibbs: You know what I'm asking.Fornell: Back off. Gibbs: You blame me. Fornell: Jethro...Gibbs: It's okay Tobias. I blame me. I'm the one who got her killed. If Diane wasn't on that rooftop she would be alive. And you wouldn't be walking around pretending like I wasn't the one who put her there.Fornell: So it's all about you.Gibbs: Yeah. It is all about me. And it's about you. And it's about Diane, and it's about the drinking and it's about all of it.Fornell: No, my friend. It's just me. I killed her. No one to blame but myself. And I really need a drink.

Fornell: God I really do look like hell.Gibbs: Did you think we were lying to you, Tobias?Vance: Well it's nothing a hot shower can't fix.Fornell: Amen to that, Leon. And a hot meal with my daughter.Bishop: Well then, our timing's perfect.Emily: And I was thinking more of sushi?Fornell: Whatever you want baby. Whatever you need, it's yours.

Gibbs: Then can we hack into, uh, his GPS REM thingy and backtrace his memory deal?Abby: Um, none of those things are things Gibbs. One of them's a band and when someone turns their phone off there's nothing you can do. I mean it's off.

Gibbs: Jake I want to ask you something. Work-related.Jake: Will it require top secret clearance to answer?Gibbs: Yeah, and it stays between us.Jake: I'm all ears.Gibbs: What do you know about Russian-Palestinian relations?

Gibbs: Where is Hollis Mann?Bishop: Uh, I think she went back to the DoD.Gibbs: You think? What do you mean, you think? Tony: We've been at this all night. We're all a little tired. Why don't we take a break, get some air.Gibbs: No, there is no break. There's no breaks until this case breaks.Tony: Never get personally involved in a case. You're breaking rule number 10 boss.Gibbs: You're damned right I am DiNozzo. You have a problem with that?

Riley: Is this what you meant when you said "trust you" Agent Gibbs? Gibbs: Our office had nothing to do with that.Riley: They are dragging Eric's name through the mud. It's exactly what I was afraid would happen.Gibbs: Why don't we take this to the conference room.Riley: No, no no. There's nothing to talk about. The damage is already done. I thought you were a man of honor. You got me. Hey but what's one dead gay sailor, right?

Meade: I'd watch your tone, Agent Gibbs. I don't think SecNav would appreciate NCIS treating an Admiral like a criminal.Gibbs: Oh, we already talked to SecNav. How did she phrase it?Hollis: Nail the son of a bitch.Meade: For what?Hollis: Killing Lieutenant Kutzler's first Medal of Honor nomination.

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McGee: All right. Well you should probably know that Abby and I used to date?Bishop: Ew. Like, each other? McGee: Yeah.Bishop: Wait - isn't that a violation of rule 12, never date a....McGee: It was a long time ago. After we'd broken up, one night I went to her lab. Found a scribbled piece paper; a list. Potential boyfriends had to fulfill certain conditions by a pre-arranged date or else, goodbye.Bishop: Such as.McGee: Things started off relatively normal: opening the door for her, flowers, putting the seat down. Then around number 8, it gets uh...Bishop: What?McGee: Does she know you have these?Bishop: Does she know you have these?McGee: Yeah she wasn't happy when she found out.Bishop: These are all very specific. McGee: Yeah.Bishop: These ideas apply to you?McGee: No those rules weren't in place when we were together. At least I don't think so.Bishop: What's with the two month cutoff? Abby's sabotaging herself. I've seen stuff like this before. We have to talk to her.

McGee: You know something I don't? Working tonight and tomorrow night?Tony: No, Tim. It's just that Zoe's parents are in town and they want to have dinner. I'm not ready for that.Abby: So you deceived her.Tony: I was put on the spot. I was not prepared.McGee: Whoa. Hey. What are you afraid of?Tony: I don't know.Abby: They're probably really nice. Tony: I'm sure they are. I've just never had dinner with the parents of a woman I'm seriously involved with.McGee: That's not true. What about Jon Benois?Tony: No, technically that wasn't me because I was undercover as Tony DiNardo, professor of film studies. I wasn't myself back then. Meeting the parents for dinner could trigger a whole chain of events. Abby: It's just dinner, Tony.Tony: You have dinner yet with Ranger Burt's parents? I didn't think so. Then put down the gavel, take off the robe and stop judging, both of you.Abby: Okay.